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Arathiriel, don't know if you heard a Radio 4 documentary, Fired by the Ring, about the Tolkien phenomenon, 2-3 years back, but on that they played a demo they'd made, where John Le Mesurier (who played Bilbo) sang the first verse of the poem, rather than chanted it as in the final broadcast version. Apparently the copyright holders didn't think his singing voice was good enough, but Brian Sibley had wanted him to sing it, so that you'd go from his croaky, wavering voice to the voice of the choirboy, giving almost a sense of re-birth as they pass into the west. I have the documentary on tape, & it I have to say, it would have worked beautifully.
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